Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in World
World: Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th was 13.7% in 2025. ▼ Falling
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in World, 2000–2025
Source: United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database. Measured in %.
Analysis
World recorded 13.7% for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 4.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in World peaked at 15.1% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 13.7%, in 2025.
That places World 11th out of 39 groups with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in World, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.1% | — |
| 2001 | 14.5% | -3.7% |
| 2002 | 14.2% | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 14.1% | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 14.2% | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 14.4% | +1.5% |
| 2006 | 14.6% | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 14.8% | +1.3% |
| 2008 | 14.6% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 14.4% | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 14.4% | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 14.5% | +0.8% |
| 2012 | 14.8% | +1.4% |
| 2013 | 14.6% | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 14.5% | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 14.3% | -1.3% |
| 2016 | 14.2% | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 14.3% | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 14.2% | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 14.2% | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 14.1% | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 14.0% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 13.8% | -1.5% |
| 2023 | 13.8% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 13.7% | -0.7% |
| 2025 | 13.7% | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.5% | 14.1% | 15.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 14.4% | 14.2% | 14.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 13.9% | 13.7% | 14.1% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in World?
- Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th in World was 13.7% in 2025, according to United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database.
- What is the highest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 15.1% in 2000.
- What is the lowest manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 13.7% in 2025.
- How does World rank for manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th?
- World ranks 11th out of 39 groups with data for 2025.
- Is manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database, published as part of Manufacturing employment as a proportion of total employment - 13th ICLS (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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